Palestine Issue

Let’s put this issue into perspective. Palestine was never a nation. It was called the Palestinian Territories by the British when they controlled the area. Its inhabitance were Egyptians, Jordanians, Lebanese, and other nationals; mostly Arabs, some Jews and Christians.

When Britain left the area they allocated 80% to the Arabs and a small portion to Jewish settlers. From the start most Arabs wanted 100% and fighting broke out. Territorial lines were set and both Arabs and Jews accept the borders. Both sides ended up with large populations of refugee camps. Israel put its people to work building a prosperous nation. The Arab leaders kept the refugee populations pent up in squalor and poverty where they promoted hate blaming the poverty on the Jews. Most of the world’s aid was used to prepare for war and line the pockets of leaders like Arafat.

The Arab territories were under the control of Egypt, Jordan and Syria when these countries threatened Israel militarily. Israel defeated all three and occupied much of the Palestine Territories. Egypt formally recognized Israel and made peace with Israel. Israel turned over to Egypt all the land it conquered from Egypt including those with large oil deposits. Israel maintained control of the rest of the conquered lands but agreed to give up most on the condition that the rest of the countries that threatened Israel recognize Israel and accept it as a neighbor.

The strife that continues today could have been avoided had the Arab leaders concentrated on building a nation rather than putting all their efforts into fighting Israel.

Envy and hate, not money, is the root of all evil. Only when man stops blaming others for his misfortune and devotes his energies to self improvement will there be world peace. Man needs to stop trying to steal prosperity from others.